Hey guys, sorry this has been taking so long, I've been really busy getting ready for my fair/state show. I haven't completely abandoned the fandom, as I did write a oneshot called So Cold. It's been up for a few days no, so go check it out if you get a chance! Anyway, this is President Snow's drabble, and it's a bit shorter than the others. I was going to write more, but my excellent betas, Elemental-ANimal and Sleepwalker418, thought it was more effective at this length. After this, I'm going to do Mr. and Mrs. Everdeen, Madge, Cinna, Mr. Mellark, Random Capitol Person, District 3 Boy, and anyone else you request. I want to do Mr. Everdeen or Mr. Mellark next, but after that, you can pick. Just mention it in your review! I'll also be doing a character of my own choosing for the last chapter, but that's a secret for now :P And if you have any ideas for what I should write when I finish Katniss, just mention it in your review, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you for all your AMAZING reviews, you are by far the best fandom I have ever belonged to. Thank you for your support, and I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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As President Snow watches the televised return of the District 12 tributes, he wonders how he's going to have her killed.
Burning. That would be good, very long, very painful. But on the other hand, she is the Girl on Fire, and that would just forever cement her as such. No need to make her a martyr for the rebel cause.
Poisoning. Also good, and it would be ironic, since, after all, her stunt with the poisonous berries are what have earned her this sentence. But it'd also be hard to make public, and this must be a very public killing.
Torturing. Again, a good one, but it would still make her a martyr. Anything too violent would.
Starving to death. That would be extremely ironic, seeing as that's how half of the scum in District 12 meet their deaths. It wouldn't be all that painful, which is the point of all this. She has to suffer for what she's done.
President Snow is not a cruel man. At least, he doesn't consider himself to be such. Rather, he views himself as a man who loves the Capitol, and a man who loves order. Order is necessary to the survival of the Capitol. Therefore, if someone disrupts order, and puts the Capitol at risk, they must be punished accordingly. Katniss Everdeen has done just this.
The natural order of things is this. The lower Districts suffer for what they have done, so many years ago. The upper ones thrive, because they have worked well with the Capitol. Every year, each District sends their two tributes. Every year, the tributes from Twelve die early on, because they have no chance. They never do. The point of the Games is that the strongest, the most-well fed, the most ruthless, the best triumph, and those people come from the Districts friendly with the Capitol. The starving, the weak, and the untrained die, because they are not friendly with the Capitol. That's how it is, and that's how it always will be. That is the order.
And he will do anything-anything-to preserve order.